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Duterte: Too early to react to proposed US DATELINE USA Barriers to answering entry ban on ofďŹ cials in De Lima detention FROM THE AJPRESS NEWS TEAM ACROSS AMERICA
2020 Census within AAPI community addressed
“EASY, safe and important.� Those are three words officials want the public to remember ahead of the 2020 Census, after various groups raised concerns about confidentiality and accessibility to the questionnaire at a recent event for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) media in South Pasadena, California. “Your answers are protected by law...and will not be used against you by law enforcement agencies like [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] (ICE) and the FBI,� Julie Lam, Los Angeles regional director for the U.S. Census Bureau, said. Under Title 13, Census Bureau employees take an oath to protect the information and offenders will be penalized, Lam added.
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Young Fil-Am professionals chosen for PH immersion program WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Filipino Young Leaders Program (FYLPRO), a joint initiative of the Philippine Embassy under the leadership of Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez, Consulates General in the United States, and the Ayala Foundation, Inc. (AFI), is pleased to announce the 2019 FYLPRO Delegates. Due to an overwhelming response in highquality applicants this year, the traditional number of ten delegates has been increased to fifteen (15) to reflect the growth of the Filipino-American population and the expansion of the FYLPRO program. The 2019 FYLPRO
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PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte thinks it is premature to react to a proposal by two American senators to bar Philippine officials involved in the detention of his fierce critic Sen. Leila de Lima from entering the United States. Duterte noted that the proposal by Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy and Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin is not yet an act of state because it has yet to secure the nod of the entire American Senate. “I have the best adjective for that pero at this
time...Hilaw pa ‘yan eh (It’s still raw). When it becomes ripe, then I will say my piece,� the president told reporters at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2 before departing for Russia Tuesday, October 1. “I do not deal individually with the congressman or senators there. It’s not yet ripe. It is not an act of state. It does not carry the mandate of the entire Senate. So if there is one or two or three who says that these things exist in the Philippines, let them,� he added. Duterte, who previously lambasted the U.S. for supposedly meddling in Philippine affairs, said he
would talk to U.S. President Donald Trump once the American Congress approves the Leahy-Durbin amendment. “These are the voices of members of a committee. And if that committee will report the resolution to the plenary and the plenary would adopt or join them, and that would be the act of Congress,� the president said. “I cannot help them in their ignorance. So if they decide to report it out of the committee to the plenary for adoption... it is now ripe, it becomes a matter now between two states, then that is the time
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DFA hits back at states backing Iceland resolution by PIA LEE-BRAGO Philstar.com
DEPARTMENT of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has prohibited representatives of his department from attending the national day celebrations of countries that favored an Iceland-initiated resolution seeking to investigate President Duterte’s war on drugs. Locsin said he supports Secretary Delfin Lorenzana’s call to exempt the Department of National Defense (DND) from the suspension of financial assistance from 18 countries that supported the Iceland resolution. “I support Lorenzana. Only the military knows what the military needs and how to protect our country,� Locsin said in a tweet on Monday night, September 30. No DFA representative showed up at the traditional diplomatic toasts for the Bastille Day and French National Day at the official residence of the French ambassador in
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DUTERTE IN RUSSIA. President Rodrigo Duterte receives a warm welcome from Russian Ambassador to the Philippines Igor Khovaev upon his arrival at the Vnukovo Military Base Airport in Moscow, Russian Federation on Wednesday, October 2. Duterte left for Russia on Tuesday, October 1, upon the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The two leaders will intensify cooperation in areas of security and defense, combating terrorism and violent extremism, and addressing transnational crimes . MalacaĂąang photo by King Rodriguez
Robredo ‘hopeful’ amid possible 2020 national budget ‘pork-free’ decision on Marcos’ electoral protest tors can finally see the budget for themselves,� he said. The House also introduced THE House of Representatives a few changes in the outlay beon Tuesday, October 1, transmit- fore submitting the budget to the ted the proposed P4.1-trillion Senate. The changes are augmentanational budget for 2020 to the Senate ahead of the month-long tions given to 12 agencies — break beginning Oct. 4 for its P3.5 billion for the Department of Agriculture’s palay procureconsideration and approval. According to Deputy Speaker Neptali M. Gonzales II of Mandaluyong City, the spending plan is “pork-free,� inviting the Senate to “see for themselves.� “Again and again, we contend that it is a pork-free budget as we strictly confined ourselves to the decision of the Supreme Court Vice President Leni Robredo Contributed photo which declared the PDAF (Pridential Electoral Tribunal (PET), ing by less than 220,000 votes. ority Development Assistance Last September 6, Chief Jus- Fund) unconstitutional and prois handling Marcos’ protests. He ran against Robredo in the last tice Lucas Bersamin said that the hibited the post-enactment iden!.$2%7 " 3(). 2016 Presidential elections, losu PAGE A2 tification of projects. Now, senaby RITCHEL
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VICE President Leni Robredo is hoping for a favorable decision on the electoral protest lodged by former Senator Bongbong Marcos, in view of expectations that the Supreme Court (SC) might release its decision on Tuesday, October 1. “We cannot speak ahead of the court’s decision and I can’t discuss the case’s merits, but we hope for a favorable decision considering that we know what happened during the entire process,� Robredo, who was attending the 14th National Convention on Statistics in Pasig City, said in an ambush interview. The SC, sitting as the Presi-
Palace: We are against any intrusion into the sovereign affairs of our land wouldn’t permit any assault on Philippine sovereignty. According to Carpio, China MALACAÑANG on Thursday, would push for the signing of a September 26, dismissed Su- code of conduct for South China preme Court Senior Associate Sea claimants after reclaiming the Justice Antonio Carpio’s warning shoal because such code would that China would reclaim Panatag stop the building of anything in (Scarborough) Shoal, maintaining the area, thereby legitimizing that President Rodrigo Duterte u PAGE A3 by RITCHEL
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ment fund, P1 billion each for the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police, P800 million for the Department of Education, and P500 million each for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources; Philippine General Hospital; National Electrification
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